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C. E. ANDERSCN GAS GENERATING BURNER Filed Feb. 15` 1925 lll Patented Nov. 9, 1926.

CARL E.- ANDERsoN, or RRocKroiv, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAs-GENERATiNG BURNER.

Application filed February lMy present invention relates to oil burn-` ing systems andparticularly to a vaporizing burner forv such a system.` My burner is of that general type which includes a vapo'rizing. tube or member disposed in the area of n combustion sov as to be heated to vaporize the fuel inthe usual manner.

One of the diliiculties experienced withA burners of this type has been theirv tendency` to be unsteady "in their' supply of gas to the burner, or to otherwise cause the flame to flutter. This not only in'volves a danger of extinguishment, but is unsatisfactory both.

from the view-point of economy as well as being an annoyance and cause of worriment, which is particularly unfortunate where such burners are used in cooking ranges. The object of my invention is to prevent this tendency and to otherwise improve the performance of this type of burner.

As illustrative of my invention I have shown a burner of simple and generally standard type which can be constructed, after they commonly accepted fashion of these burners, of simple piping which renders them inexpensive to build and easy to take apart for cleaning or for replacement of parts. Throughout the specification and drawings like reference characters are employed to indicate corresponding'parts, a-nd in the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a general view of such an installation partly sectioned to expose a burner in an indicated range.

Fig. 2 is a side view, partly in section, of such a burner.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the baffle plate on line x-:v of Fig. 2. Y

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a burner nozzle. y

I haveindicated at 1 a burner base which is adapted to be mounted in the fire box of the heating plant which is indicated generally at 2, and in these drawings is vshown as a cooking range of conventional type.

Mounted vertically on the base 1, at one endthereolis an atomizer unit indicated generally at 8 and as here shown consisting of a pipe having below the base 1 superpose'd air and oil inlets,rindicated at 4 and 5 re-V spectively in Fig. 2. The air inlet'is connected by a pipe 6 with a pressure ytank 7 which is provided with means here shown as a hand pump 8 for building up a pressure within said tank. The fuel inlet 5 is consingle 13.7.1925. serial No. 8,861.

nected with any suitable supply source, asa pressure tank or the like.

lMounted within the pipe 3' and spaced from the walls thereof' is an oil' delivering nozzle communicating, at its lower end, with thefuel inlet 5 and having the usual re-4 stricted' discharge orifice at itsr upper end. The l'air intake, therefore, surrounds thel nozzlev Sand yacts to atomize` the fuel dis-y charged from said nozzle. A#The atomizedlfuel delivers into a tubular vvaporizer including an upwardly inclined section 11 which is coupled at 12 to the upper end of the pipe 3, and at its opposite end is coupled at 13 to a downwardly and horizontally bent burner pipe 14- which is closed at its inner end, as indicated at 15, and is provided between its ends with a plurality of removable and replaceable burner nipples 16.` By inclining the section 11 of the vaporizer upwardly from its intake towards its discharge end, the tendency of the flame to flutter, due

to fluctuations in the vapor supply,'is largely reduced.` l y In order to eifectively distribute the heat from the llame vents of the burner nipple y to the voverlyinginclined vaporizer section 11, I mount on saidsection a baffle 17v having an extended horizontal baffling area 18 Where the burner pipe 14 p that it may operate with a single vent or a air of vents or with a plurality of pairs o vents. Where only a single vent or la single pair of vents is employed, I seal up the yremainder of the vent receiving openings with unperforated vent nipples `161 which are provided for that purpose, as is shown yin Fig. 4.v This makes my burner readily adaptable to different styles of ranges and stoves and also to different grades or qualities of fuel. These and, various other modifications in the construction and assembly of my oil burner involved, may obviously'be resorted to withinthe spirit and scope of my invention, as delined by the appended claims.

TWhat l therefore claim and desire to seo cure by Letters Patent is:

l. In an oil burner a tubular vaporizer including an upwardly inclined-section Ydisposed transversely ol the flame vent, an oil and air intake, and a baille plate having a main baille portion for delecting the flame,

said main delecting portion normally assuming a horizontal lplane and a supporting hook inclined rela-tive to .the main deflecting plate of the battle at the angle of said vaporizing section and movable longitudinally of and angularly adjustable in a transverse plane relative to said vaporizing section.

,-2. A self-contained .oil burner unit comprising a base, having a flange `extending upward from the perimeter thereof forming a basin, and an upwardly extending sleeve at one end of the base forming an aperture therethrough, al tubular vaporizer including an upwardly inclined section disposed transversely of the llame vent, an upwardly extending oil intake nozzle and a surrounding air intake pipein atomizing' relation thereto, said intake pipe being supported in the sleeve and being vertically adjustable therein, said inclined section being coupled to the upper end of saidair intake pipe, and

a burner disposed beneath said vaporizing section whereby said oil burner may be inserted as a self-contained heating unit in a stove. Y Y

ln testimony whereof I allix my signature.

CARL E. `ANDERSON. 

